by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, September 8.
- Trump Signals He’s Ready to Go All-In Against China on Tariffs (Idiot.)
- Barack Obama Makes the Case Against Trump (“The former president has a prescription for the country. But it didn’t prevent Trump’s election in the first place.”)
- Barack Obama Just Threw the Partisan Punches I Never Thought He Would (“He diagnosed the Republican Party’s brain disease, and plainly assessed Donald Trump’s place in the mayhem.”)
- Obama denounces reluctance of Republicans to stand up to white nationalism (“The former president specifically called out white nationalists and extremism at a speech in Illinois.”)
- Obama rebukes Trump and Republicans for ‘abuses of power,’ urges Democrats to vote
- Video: Barack Obama Speaks at Noon to Kick Off His Campaign Swing for Crucial Midterms, Talk About “Backlash to Progress” [UPDATED with Full Transcript]
- Obama Calls Trump the Product of a Republican Party Gone Mad (Bingo.)
- The 7 most important moments in Obama’s blistering critique of Trump and the GOP (“It did not start with Donald Trump.” Correct; this has been building for decades, since Nixon’s “Southern Strategy,” through Watergate, Iran/Contra, Gingrich, DeLay, the stolen presidency in 2000, Bush/Cheney, etc, etc.)
- Tweeters Stir Over Donald Trump’s Claim He ‘Fell Asleep’ To Barack Obama’s Speech
- Trump’s Obsession with the “Witch Hunt” Overshadows a Good Jobs Report
- Obama vs. Trump: The clash everyone’s waited for arrives (“But on Friday, at least, the current president barely mustered a response to the blistering critique leveled against him by his predecessor.”)
- Barack Obama: You need to vote because our democracy depends on it
- The Corrupt Bargain of the Adults in the Room (“They’re not restraining Trump. They’re making him more powerful.”)
- All the Wrong People Trust Brett Kavanaugh (“They trust him like a guy who will see everything they want done.”)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s perjury avalanche — 50 years in the making
- Trump’s Truly Terrible Time (“While Honest Abe rolls in his grave …”)
- Trump Wants Sessions To Investigate ‘Anonymous.’ But There Was No Crime. (An attack on the first amendment.)
- Trump says DOJ should probe identity of anonymous NYT op-ed writer (Massive misuse of the Justice Department. Absolutely not.)
- Booker defies GOP warning, releases another batch of ‘confidential’ Kavanaugh docs
- Confirmed: Brett Kavanaugh Can’t Be Trusted (“A perfect nominee for a president with no clear relation to the truth.” Yet again, the media uses weak language to describe a president who LIES LIES AND LIES some more. See, that wasn’t so difficult.)
- David Brock: I knew Brett Kavanaugh during his years as a Republican operative. Don’t let him sit on the Supreme Court.
- I Wrote Some of the Stolen Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About (“He should be impeached, not elevated.” Kavanaugh is a right-wing hack and a liar.)
- “He’s Destroying Your Presidency”: In the Op-Ed Aftermath, Javanka Quickly Blamed John Kelly and His Deputy—And a New Suspect Emerges (“With Trump “punch-drunk,” Ivanka and Jared Kushner are taking the lead in the mole hunt—and they’ve set their sights on an old enemy.”)
- White House aides narrow search for anonymous op-ed writer to a few people, source says
- 4 winners and 3 losers from Brett Kavanaugh’s many-hour, multi-day confirmation hearings (“Winner: Trump. Loser: women and people of color.”)
- Michael Cohen seeks to unwind hush money deal with Stormy Daniels
- Manafort Weighing Plea Deal to Avoid New Criminal Trial, Source Says (“Ex-Trump campaign chief was convicted in Virginia last month”)
- Trump Executives Face U.S. Campaign-Finance Probe, Source Says
- Ex-Trump campaign aide Papadopoulos sentenced to 14 days in prison
- The Obvious Suspect (“The quest to unmask the New York Times op-ed writer has been filled with speculation. But the article’s prose points to one person in particular.” Jon Huntsman?)
- Several People Behind Trump Were Removed, Replaced During Rally In Montana (“One particularly expressive man was replaced by a woman who some people on Twitter said looked like Zina Bash.”)
- The President* Is Lapsing into Billy Joel Lyrics from the Rally Podium (“All is well!”)
- Scientists get ready to begin Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup (“Ambitious project will involve a massive floating barrier that aims to collect up to five tonnes of plastics every month” “My biggest concern is that providing a potential technological solution could make us feel like we have dealt with the plastics problem – whereas in reality we need strong policy and legislation to ban disposable plastics.”)
- Fox News hits new low with their latest Trump interview (“They’re not even pretending to be anything other than a Trumpist propaganda outlet anymore.” State media/propaganda.)
- Dallas cop faces homicide charge after killing neighbor in his apartment (It appears to be breaking and entry plus murder.)
- Scott Taylor’s real challenge may come after Election Day (“But even is he wins, his worries will not be over. Roanoke Commonwealth’s Attorney Don Caldwell, the special prosecutor looking into the Brown petitions alongside the Virginia State Police, will not release his findings until after the election.”)
- A Virginia Republican’s election trickery was sleazy — maybe even illegal (“Whether Mr. Taylor orchestrated the effort or simply allowed it is a distinction without a difference; he told The Post last month that he knew about it and could have stopped it had he wanted…Mr. Taylor’s subsequent squirming has only thickened the stench…Five of Mr. Taylor’s current or former aides have filed affidavits invoking the Fifth Amendment, suggesting they fear incriminating themselves if asked to testify. As for the congressman himself, his day in court may be coming.”)
- BREAKING: Sen. Tim Kaine Announces He Will Vote NO on Judge Kavanaugh
- 6th District GOP ‘Resisters’ Fight More for Turf than Candidates (“The turf war continues in the Sixth Congressional District after Republicans saw Scott Sayre soundly defeated as chair at the May 19 district convention by challenger Jennifer Brown.”)
- With House of Delegates balance at stake and energized Democrats, Republicans fight to retain seat (“With the balance of power in the House of Delegates at stake, Democrats are hoping to build on a wave of victories last year to flip a seat in November long held by Republicans, most recently by Greg Habeeb, who resigned last month. And Republicans aren’t taking for granted that the district has been a conservative stronghold.”)
- JJudge smacks down congressman’s subterfuge (“Ultimately, Rep. Scott Taylor’s scheme didn’t work. A Richmond Circuit Court judge this week ordered nominally independent candidate Shaun Brown off the November ballot in the 2nd Congressional District contest, saying her petitions were riddled with ‘forgery’ and ‘out and out fraud.'”)
- Northam Cabinet secretary apologizes for sharing Facebook post against Nike’s Kaepernick campaign (Behind paywall, but you can read Blue Virginia’s story about this – see next item.)
- Vicious Anti-Nike Post Prompts Question, “Has Brian Moran (Secretary of Public Safety for the Commonwealth of Virginia) been hacked?”
- Karenna Gore to Join Clean Energy Advocates in Rally Opposing Fracked Gas Pipelines Friday Evening in Arlington
- Accused Sex-Abuse Enabler Jim Jordan to Headline Dave Brat Event (at Washington Golf and Country Club in Arlington)
- Northam cites ‘impasse’ on redistricting, wants judges to redraw House districts
- About that special session? Never mind – Gov. Ralph Northam says court can redraw legislative map. (“A spokesman says House Speaker Kirk Cox, a Republican, was ‘surprised and disappointed’ by the Democratic governor’s letter.” Yeah, whatever…)
- Nonsense surrounds Virginia’s tax policy (All you need to know about this piece is that the author is a “senior fellow at the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy.” Yep, these Koch-funded folks. Ignore. Also note that the Post doesn’t explain to readers what the Thomas Jefferson Institute is, which is a dereliction of its journalistic duties. #FAIL)
- Norfolk Southern weighing a move of its headquarters to Atlanta, reports say
- Heavy duty: Norfolk residents do more jury service than anyone else in Hampton Roads
- Financial ties between Wolf Trap, National Park Service under scrutiny
- Damp and cooler this weekend before heat and humidity return
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